[Healeys] LongFlo Air Cleaners - BJ8

[Bob Spidell]

Hi Price,

I bought the LongFlos and faced the same dilemma.  As the backing plate is thin sheet steel--albeit chromed--there is no really good, solid way to mount an adapter.  Mine came with holes, one 90deg adapter and a plug but the adapter was too small and caused excessive pressure buildup in the crankcase (resulting in a leaky valve cover--pretty much a disaster).  Cutting  a straight length of steel tubing and carefully welding it to the backing plate--at an angle--might work, but unless you've a TIG it would be ugly.

I eventually got a set of K&Ns with short stacks (sorry, these were a one-off and I couldn't get the maker to do a production run).  I put a PCV valve between the crankcase, T-fitting and the intake manifold per Norman Nock's instructions.  Not only did this solve the crankcase venting problem, but all but eliminated the blue smoke I would get after a long downhill, engine-braked run.


bs



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Bob Spidell         San Jose, CA        bspidell at comcast.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000             '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "R. Price Lindsay" <price at advocateadvisors.com>
> I have ordered new LongFlo air cleaners for my BJ8 and realize that the
> connection for the breather hose is not part of the new parts.  How do I
> make this connection from rear air cleaner to the "T" on the valve
> cover?
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